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Despite ruling, pro-privacy biometric laws still face long road to change in U.S.

The Parallax

After a federal court ruling uncovered earlier this week sent privacy advocates hearts’ soaring, legal experts say nobody should expect U.S. regulations on forced biometric log-ins to change anytime soon. The decision , from Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, focuses on the ability of police to compel suspects to unlock their electronic devices so that they can be searched.

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How machine learning impacts information security

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Andrew Burt on the need to modernize data protection tools and strategies. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Andrew Burt , chief privacy officer and legal engineer at Immuta , a company building data management tools tuned for data science. Burt and cybersecurity pioneer Daniel Geer recently released a must-read white paper (“Flat Light”) that provides a great framework for how to think about information security in the age of big data and AI.

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Setting Your Team Up for an Amazing Year: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about setting up your team for an amazing year. We’ve expanded Frontline Festival to include other formats such as podcasts and artwork, and hope you enjoy the […]. The post Setting Your Team Up for an Amazing Year: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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A Guide to Getting Started with CRM Systems for Small Businesses

OTS Solutions

A Guide to Getting Started With CRM Systems for Small Businesses. Launching a small business takes tremendous planning and strategy, but growing that business requires even greater attention to detail and research. Once a business takes off, your primary goal is growth. Many small businesses struggle to keep up with clients as they try to generate and convert new leads.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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The Chat Crash – When a Chatbot Fails

Toptal

There’s much confusion and hyperbole surrounding chatbots. The tech is promising, but the user experience is lacking. We examine five chatbot fails and share practical tips to improve their UX.

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West African Financial Institutions Hit by Wave of Attacks

Symantec

Attackers using commodity malware and living off the land tools against financial targets in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo (DR), Ghana, and Equatorial Guinea.

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The state of serverless: 6 trends to watch in 2019

TechBeacon

Serverless is the fastest-growing cloud service model right now, with an annual growth rate of 75%, according to RightScale's 2018 State of the Cloud report. That's hardly surprising, given the technology's ability to lower costs, reduce operational complexity, and increase DevOps efficiencies.

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What lies ahead for Python, Java, Go, C#, Kotlin, and Rust

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

O’Reilly authors and instructors explore the near-term future of popular and growing programming languages. Change is the only constant in the technology world, and programming languages are no exception. Competition among languages has led to improvements across the board. Established players like Java have added major features, while upstart languages like Go and Rust look to improve packaging and exception handling to add “fit and finish” to their ecosystems.

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How to Automate Your Business Processes with Salesforce

Toptal

Salesforce is probably the most popular CRM platform, with various products giving you the power to put your business thoughts into action. In this article, Toptal Freelance Developer and Salesforce Certified Application Architect and Platform Developer (II) Jayant Nathani explains how Salesforce can help automate your business processes for a more efficient business.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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7 million domains vulnerable to 'easy' takeover

TechBeacon

How secure is your website? This week brings worrying news about how easy it is to take over accounts at the biggest web hosting providers.

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FlexDeploy Loves OIC: Series Overview

Flexagon

Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) is an exciting new platform for performing integrations for on-premise and cloud applications. FlexDeploy is a DevOps platform for CI/CD and Release Automation which supports OIC out of box. FlexDeploy strives to provide unmatched support for many commercial tools across a wide variety of technologies, such as: database, middleware, OIC E-Business.

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Why A VP Decided to Get Cloud Certified

Mentormate

I’m old enough to remember when there were no software companies, so I’ve also had a chance to see many of them come and go. That also means attending a lot of conferences over the years — including AWS reInvent 2017 — and I came away very impressed. Here was a company that had figured out how to build an ecosystem of software that was better integrated and more accessible than anything else I had seen in my career (including during my time in the glory days of Microsoft).

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Obsolescence

DevOps.com

The post Obsolescence appeared first on DevOps.com.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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Save Time and Resources with Server Automation

Dell EMC

Discover how built-in automation and intelligent systems management technology in the Dell EMC PowerEdge server portfolio can help drive enterprise productivity. Today’s IT departments face significant challenges on several fronts. They need to manage multiple workloads, respond quickly, and decrease downtime across both the IT infrastructure and the wider organization – while also making a positive contribution to the overall strategic direction of the business.

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xMatters Incorporates Stackdriver APM Metrics from Google

DevOps.com

As a set of application monitoring services on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for driving DevOps processes, Stackdriver has been steadily gaining adherents, especially since Google extended the reach of that service into the realm of on-premises systems. Today xMatters, a provider of incident management tools, announced it is integrating alerts and data generated by […].

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Praxent Named a Top Custom Software Development Company by GoodFirms Research

Praxent

Earlier this month, GoodFirms, a Washington, D.C. based research firm, published its periodic list of Top Custom Software Development Companies , naming Praxent among the top 15. To identify the top 15, the GoodFirms analyst squad assessed companies based on three core standards: reliability, quality and ability. The results of the analysis are coupled with data about each company’s past and present portfolio of work, proven experience and market penetration, and client feedback. >> Discov

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The state of serverless: 6 trends to watch

TechBeacon

Serverless is the fastest-growing cloud service model right now, with an annual growth rate of 75%, according to RightScale's 2018 State of the Cloud report. That's hardly surprising, given the technology's ability to lower costs, reduce operational complexity, and increase DevOps efficiencies.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Instagram Marketing And Web Design For eCommerce

KitelyTech

In order to establish a successful online business, you need two core components: high-quality web design and a business marketing plan. A quality website design will make your website professional, inviting, and attractive. This will illicit trust within your potential customers. Your business marketing plan should also use social media platforms to help your business gain the right exposure.

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Which Tours and Attractions Platforms to Choose

Altexsoft

Slowly but surely the T&A industry becomes automated with large aggregators (Tiquets) and newcomers from other branches (Airbnb). We have a big article about tours and attractions providers with experts opinions for that. Go ahead and check it. This time we suggest you have a brief look at the main providers, their terms, and ways to connect.

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Innovation Studios, Sony Entertainment & Technology, and the Digital Transformation of Entertainment

Dell EMC

Ahead of the holidays, I had the chance to make one last customer/partner visit to the Sony Pictures studios lot, and what I saw blew me away. In the land of fantasy, celluloid and big ideas we met with Innovation Studios and saw yet another example of why one of this year’s biggest trends will be how data is continuing to reshape industries. Dell Technologies, Intel, Deloitte and Sony Pictures Entertainment came together in 2018 to help create Innovation Studios.

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InfluxData Names New Engineering and Sales Executives to Accelerate Growth and Continue Time Series Database Category Leadership

DevOps.com

Former Salesforce and Algolia leaders fill integral roles on company’s executive team SAN FRANCISCO – January 17, 2019 – InfluxData, creator of the modern open source purpose-built time series database InfluxDB, today announced Jim Walsh as its new Senior Vice President of Engineering and Will Paulus as its new Vice President of Sales. The addition […].

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Why fresh graduates are not ready for the world of work… yet

Rapid BI

Education is great, but education is not the same as job training. Education prepares the individual to learn and adapt, Training prepares the individual for work. All around the world we have large academic institutions educating many of the employees of the future. Many will position themselves as focused on employability, and indeed many publish statistics […].

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How I Got Comfortable Building with Serverless

Stackery

A few months back, I blogged about my experience arriving at Stackery after code school. Months later, each day is still interesting and challenging and I’m so glad to have decided to pursue serverless as my concentration. I credit my AWS certifications for narrowing my focus enough to lead me to this point. The serverless community puts so much emphasis on exploration and getting started on your work or experiments today that, getting some exposure to AWS, you can get started right away.

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A Look Back at 2018: Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in our Data Centers

Zayo

By: Jenny Gerson, Senior Director, Sustainability & Strategy. At zColo, we focus on continual efficiency and conservation improvements while adding renewable power to our portfolio. In 2017, we purchased 87 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy certificates and became an EPA Green Power Partner. In 2018, we joined San Diego Gas and Electric’s EcoChoice program and are powering our San Diego data centers with 100 percent renewable power.

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CodeSOD: The Pair of All Sums

The Daily WTF

Learning about data structures- when to use them, how to use them, and why- is a make-or-break moment for a lot of programmers. Some programmers master this. Some just get as far as hash maps and call it a day, and some… get inventive. Let’s say, for example, that you’re Jim J ’s coworker. You have an object called a Closing. A Closing links two Entry s.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Is Unpatched Software a Security Risk?

Arcserve

It doesn’t matter how much work you put into cybersecurity awareness within your company if you have any vulnerabilities in your system, software, or strategy. You’re leaving holes hackers can easily access. That’s where unpatched software can damage your business. What is Unpatched Software? Every software has the potential to have bugs and holes.

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5 Burning Technologies You Need to Become a Bank of the Future

Newgen Software

5 technologies that help a bank survive in the future by redefining their very operational model. The post 5 Burning Technologies You Need to Become a Bank of the Future appeared first on Newgen Software. Related posts: Customers have Options, Banks don’t…. Central Processing Centers: Adding New Dimensions to Banking Services. From Customer Churn to Customer Advocacy.

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Partner Spotlight: KAEMI

Megaport

“With Megaport as our partner, we now have another important modular building block for our Full Managed Services. Our customers no longer have to decide – they can have their cloud everywhere, and the connection is always the same: quickly regulated and hyper-scalable. Especially with regard to the hybrid SD-WAN solutions we offer, Megaport will probably be indispensable in the future.”. – Sven Launspach, CEO, KAEMI.

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